Margaret FosterAge: 72 years1913–1986
- Name
- Margaret Foster
- Given names
- Margaret
- Surname
- Foster
- Married name
- Margaret Myers
 Birth | August 31, 1913 31 23 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a brother | Raymond Clyde Foster February 17, 1917 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Blanche Viola Foster April 1, 1918 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 4 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a sister | Eleanor M Foster July 22, 1919 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | January 13, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jacob H Moyer April 2, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert John Foster December 5, 1920 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 21, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a child #1 | John Hobart Myers August 28, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | John Robert Foster Jr April 28, 1935 (Age 21 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Raymond Anthony Purcell — Laura May Moyer — View this family 1937 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Robert Foster Sr March 13, 1941 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Alice Derr August 15, 1951 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a mother | Laura May Moyer September 26, 1977 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Blanche Viola Foster May 26, 1978 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Grace Matilda Foster June 1982 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Foster October 18, 1985 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | April 16, 1986 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valhalla Memory Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Robert Foster Jr Birth: April 6, 1882 18 21 — England, United Kingdom Death: April 28, 1935 — Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
| mother |
Laura May Moyer Birth: April 2, 1890 40 35 — Frackville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States Death: September 26, 1977 — Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Marriage: about 1908 — Pennsylvania, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Grace Matilda Foster Birth: February 8, 1909 26 18 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: June 1982 — Pennsylvania, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
James Foster Birth: August 13, 1912 30 22 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: October 18, 1985 — Florida, United States |
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13 months herself |
Margaret Foster Birth: August 31, 1913 31 23 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: April 16, 1986 — Alabama, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Raymond Clyde Foster Birth: February 17, 1917 34 26 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: May 4, 1990 — Pennsylvania, United States |
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13 months younger sister |
Blanche Viola Foster Birth: April 1, 1918 35 27 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: May 26, 1978 — Pennsylvania, United States |
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16 months younger sister |
Eleanor M Foster Birth: July 22, 1919 37 29 — Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Death: December 22, 2004 — Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, United States |
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16 months younger brother |
Robert John Foster Birth: December 5, 1920 38 30 — Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Death: May 25, 2000 — Hawaii, United States |
| Mother’s family with Raymond Anthony Purcell |
| step-father |
Raymond Anthony Purcell Birth: 1892 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: 1958 — Pennsylvania, United States |
| mother |
Laura May Moyer Birth: April 2, 1890 40 35 — Frackville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States Death: September 26, 1977 — Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Marriage: 1937 — New Jersey, United States |
| Family with Donald Charles Myers Sr |
| husband |
Donald Charles Myers Sr Birth: 1910 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: 1992 — Alabama, United States |
| herself |
Margaret Foster Birth: August 31, 1913 31 23 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: April 16, 1986 — Alabama, United States |
| child |
John Hobart Myers Birth: August 28, 1930 20 16 — Mount Carmel, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States Death: June 10, 2011 — Lake Havasu City, Mohave, Arizona, United States |
| son |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Foster Jr - Household
Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Foster Jr - Household
Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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